Tucker Carlson GONE from Fox

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(04-26-2023, 12:01 PM)Dill Wrote: That makes sense. Great points.

But Tucker may have to take a hit in the pocketbook it he wants to keep his popularity.

Perhaps they could structure is contract NFL style, with "bonus" money for higher ratings and 
high paying advertisers.  Base salary then after that he is paid for production. 

The legal part is more tricky. I think they were less vulnerable to dominion because they added the proper
disclaimers when discussing the Big Lie and perhaps avoided being as specific as Tucker. 

Newmax is presenting the firing as a case of free speech and Tucker was fired for "speaking his mind." 

But the MSM is talking about something else entirely as possible cause--impending suits for the toxic
workplace environment he created and a trove of sexist and anti-Semitic emails. So much liability
still hanging over Fox because the "mind" speaking in this case happened to be blatantly sexist and racist.

We shall see.  I think people expect/demand a certain amount of incendiary and slanderous content from Tucker, so I'm not sure he can dial it back and remain effective (his fans would accuse the company of censoring him, not Tucker himself). Additionally, the Fox settlement is a bit of a "first blood" sort of thing.  At this point Tucker's red flags and risks to a company are known and repeat-offenders have a harder time dodging legal repercussions.

Fox getting Tucker and it costing them, that's bad for them, but another company hiring him after that...well, that's getting risky.  I don't know how much Tucker brings in per year, but we do know he's a big part of one massive settlement bill.

But as you said, Newsmax or any other place saying Tucker was fired for "speaking his mind" is just opening the door to their own company being sued or lambasted by Tucker fans for "not letting him speak his mind" when they try to avoid a lawsuit of their own.  His audience is going to demand more and more slanderous stuff, and if they tell him to not say it, well...they'll be violating his 1A right and they'll become enemy #1.